Angel Investigations
Angel Investigations is an organization that features in Buffy-Angel.
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History
Angel Investigations was a private detective agency that was established by Angel after he moved to Los Angeles. In 1999, he moved to the city where he encountered Allen Francis Doyle who was a half-demon that had been given visions by the Powers That Be of people in need of Angel's help. With these powers, they were able to save the life of Cordelia Chase leading to her joining them to front their operations with a detective agency, with the hope of having a steady paycheck while she attempted to make it as an actress. (Episode: City Of)
Doyle came to pass his visions on to Cordelia just prior to his death. Another old Sunnydale friend, self-styled "rogue demon hunter" and former Watcher Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, joins Angel Investigations soon thereafter bringing an extensive knowledge of demons and magic to the agency. Later on, street tough vampire hunter Charles Gunn also joins AI, adding much-needed brawn to their group. AI originally operate out of Angel's residence, a basement apartment beneath a ground floor office space comprising an inner executive office and an outer reception area. Afterwards, an agent of the evil law firm Wolfram and Hart blows up the building as part of their scheme against Angel.
Later on, Angel came to plant a bomb that destroyed the Angel Investigations offices forcing the business to begin operating from Cordellia Chase's apartment. (Episode: To Shanshu in L.A.)
Angel Investigations came to moves to a new location which was the Hyperion Hotel. Now empty and all but abandoned, the Hyperion is a luxury hotel where Angel stayed in 1952. The Hyperion was abandoned due to a demon that drove the occupants to insanity. AI kills the demon and takes control of the building for use as their headquarters, Angel concluding that they will redeem the building like he seeks to redeem himself. The manager's office in the lobby is used by Angel (and later Wesley) and several of the empty rooms are used as a residence for various characters. Halfway through season two, Angel fires his three colleagues after escalating disagreements about his growing moral corruption. Instead of disbanding while Angel deals with his private issues, Gunn, Cordelia, and Wesley continue running AI without him in a rented office. They opt to keep the name "Angel Investigations" because they feel they are continuing the "mission" that Angel started out with, but their attempts to operate independently are hampered by the lack of Angel's supernatural abilities and his weapons stockpile. Eventually, Angel rejoins them and their base of operations returns to the Hyperion Hotel. As part of his amends, he agrees to work for them and Wesley is selected as the leader of the team; however, Angel, being the group's champion and greatest fighter, is often unofficially in charge, leading their fights against Gunn's old gang and Wolfram & Hart's attempts to capture the pregnant Darla. At the end of the second season, A.I. spent three episodes in the demon-dimension Pylea, home to friend Lorne. There they rescue Winifred Burkle, a stranded former physics student, who joins the agency around the middle of Season 3 after spending some time recovering from the trauma of her time in Pylea.
Overview
In appearance, Angel Investigations was a private detective agency that responded to supernatural incidents and helped save lives. (Episode: City Of)
They were also referred to as Team Angel.
Cordelia Chase design the logo of the business where it took the form of a stylised angel. In addition, she coined the catchphrase of the agency which was "We help the hopeless". (Episode: City Of)
They later came to move their headquarters to the Hyperion Hotel. (Episode: First Impressions)
Members
- Angel : a male vampire who had been cursed with the return of his soul and chosen as a champion for the Powers That Be. (Episode: City Of)
- Allen Francis Doyle : a male half-demon who was chosen by the Powers That Be to receive the visions and sent to aid Angel in pursuing his destiny. Doyle was killed during a battle against the Scourge where he sacrificed his life to destroy their weapon. (Episode: City Of)
- Cordelia Chase : a female human from Sunnydale who moved to Los Angeles to be an actress but a lack of employment options led to her working as a receptionist at Angel Investigations. (Episode: City Of) Before his death, Doyle came to pass his visions to Cordellia through a kiss allowing her to witness future dangers so that she could help guide Angel on his mission.
- Wesley Wyndam-Pryce : a male former Watcher who had been fired from his position over his previous failure where he sought to become a demon hunter and later accepted employment at Angel Investigations.
- Charles Gunn :
- Winifred Burkle :
- Lorne :
- Connor :
- Illyria : an Old One who had been imprisoned long ago in the Deeper Well and their cultists freed them where they took possession of the body of Winifred Burkle thus killing her soul in the process. At first, Illyria was an enemy of Angel Investigations and came to be an ally of the group after they began to work for Wolfram & Hart.
Notes
- Angel Investigations was created by Joss Whedon where it featured in the television series Angel in the Buffy-Angel universe.
In other media
Comics
Appearances
- Angel: "City Of"
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